Chinese Character 我 Meanings and components.

Form

我

Meaning

我 meaning[3] in English

I.

Me.

My.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 我 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are thousand (千) , and surname Ge (戈)

Its radical[1] is: 戈 (ge1) which means: Surname Ge, .戈ge1surname Ge

In cangjie it is written with HQI

How to write 我

To write我wo3I you should write a combination of 千qian1thousand , 戈ge1surname Ge arranged in a + shape:

千 + 戈 = 我

我 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 我 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 我, looks as follow:

我
Pinyin:wo3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: I . Me . My
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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